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English Justices And Roman Jurists: The Civilian Learning Behind England's First Case Law, Thomas J. Mcsweeney Jul 2012

English Justices And Roman Jurists: The Civilian Learning Behind England's First Case Law, Thomas J. Mcsweeney

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Article looks at a historical problem—the first use of case law by English royal justices in the thirteenth century—and makes it a starting point for thinking about the ways legal reasoning works in the modern common law. In the first Part of the Article, I show that, at its origin, the English justices’ use of decided cases as a source of law was inspired by the work civil and canon law scholars were doing with written authorities in the medieval universities. In an attempt to make the case that English law was on par with civil law and canon law, …


The Present State Of Europe, N. Beverley Tucker Dec 1849

The Present State Of Europe, N. Beverley Tucker

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Book Review Of The History Of England, From The Accession Of James Ii, N. Beverley Tucker Jul 1849

Book Review Of The History Of England, From The Accession Of James Ii, N. Beverley Tucker

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Hallam's Middle Ages, Lucian Minor Jan 1838

Hallam's Middle Ages, Lucian Minor

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Book Review Of Anna Brownell (Murphy) Jameson's The Beauties Of The Court Of Charles The Second, N. Beverley Tucker Feb 1835

Book Review Of Anna Brownell (Murphy) Jameson's The Beauties Of The Court Of Charles The Second, N. Beverley Tucker

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